Taunton's Amanda Narciso named 2013 Miss Massachusetts

WORCESTER — Amanda Narciso, 22, of Taunton, was selected as Miss Massachusetts 2013 on Saturday at the 74th annual Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant. Competing as Miss Cranberry Country, she was chosen from 21 contestants at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester.

The Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, MA

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Posted Jun. 30, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jun 30, 2013 at 6:12 PM

Posted Jun. 30, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jun 30, 2013 at 6:12 PM

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WORCESTER — Amanda Narciso, 22, of Taunton, was selected as Miss Massachusetts 2013 on Saturday at the 74th annual Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant. Competing as Miss Cranberry Country, she was chosen from 21 contestants at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester.

Narciso will receive more than $9,000 in scholarships and will compete at the Miss America Pageant in September in Atlantic City, N.J.

Narciso is a 2012 graduate of Salve Regina University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in dance. She is a 2008 graduate of Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton. She is the daughter of Isabel and the late Jose M. Narciso of Taunton. An accomplished dancer, she performed a tap routine.

During her year of service, Narciso will highlight her platform, Best Buddies, as well as promoting The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, the national platform of the Miss America Organization.

Narciso also received a preliminary swimsuit award and a preliminary talent award.

Other award winners were first runner-up Meagan Fuller, of Attleboro, Miss Plymouth County. Fuller also received a $150 preliminary swimsuit award, a $250 preliminary talent award and a $1,000 scholastic achievement award.

Second runner up was Jenna Nowlin, of Bridgewater, Miss Collegiate Area.

Third runner up was Nicole DiBlasi, of Lynnfield, Miss Middleboro. DiBlasi also received a $250 preliminary talent award.

Other awards were presented to Janelle Guenette, of Acushnet, Miss New Bedford, who took preliminary swimsuit and $150; Kira Kopacz, of Cambridge, Miss Central Massachusetts, most-talented nonfinalist for $200; Molly Caron, of Raynham, Miss Mayflower, community service for $1,000.

The Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss America Program, one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance.